kneeler

Meaning

Noun

• A person who kneels.
• A thing that is designed to be kneeled on.
• An apparatus that permits the loading door of a bus to decrease in height in order to facilitate boarding of passengers that are seniors and physically disadvantaged
• On a gable-end, the stone (often decorated) at the base of the slope of the gable on either side.

Origin

• From Middle English knelere, equivalent to kneel + -er.